prevalent

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  1. adjective Widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced. See Synonyms at prevailing.

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  • If abuse is too prevalent, the abuser gets shut down.
  • I'm going to list a few sites where malicious behavior is prevalent, and then outline what you can do according to that site's policy for dealing with it. —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
  • More prevalent are the letters written by well-intentioned people who have no business writing anything for public consumption, those who know nothing about punctuation and don't employ the use of spellcheck. —  Rude Cactus
  • Now, however, in Nicolai's writings there is a new style, afterwards very prevalent, which is similar to some of the later mediaeval hymns addressed to the Virgin and saints, and finds its scriptural ground in the Song of Solomon and the Apocalypse. —  CyberBrethren-A Lutheran Blog
  • The squalls in this region appear to be quite prevalent, and can last up to two hours. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, very strong, from Latin praevalēns, praevalent-, present participle of praevalēre, to be stronger; see prevail.

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  1. = Spanish prevalente = Portuguese prevalecente = Italian prevalente, from Latin prævalen(t-)s, very strong, superior in power, prevalent, present participle of prævalere, be very able or more able: see prevail.
 

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